Monday, 10 March 2014

Surprise Engagements

Not only was there a baby card to make at the beginning of the
year there were also two engagement cards to make. Just before
Christmas a nephew proposed to his girlfriend and caught her totally
unawares. Although his home base is in Orkney Olaf works
offshore and travels through Aberdeen to get there. On one of
these trips through Aberdeen he bought an engagement ring and then
started planning the proposal. He booked a guided tour of
St Magnus Cathedral and it's tower and it was whilst at the top of
the tower looking out over Kirkwall that he proposed. Here is a
lovely photo of the two of them capturing that special moment.

I wanted to use this photo on their engagement card so along with the Nitwit Collection Prints Charming this is the card I made for them.

I'm still quite a novice when it comes to creating
something digitally but enjoy the challenge of placing, sizing,
orientating and then personalising with text. It never works
first time, and there are usually a few print outs before the end
result is achieved, but once the base is created and saved it's there
for using on another occasion.

To add depth to the card the front topper was
created separately from the card base, backed with blue card and
attached using foam pads over a strip of the same blue card wrapped
with thin green ribbon. The element LOVE was printed out again
and decoupaged so this added a few layers to the card and to add an
extra frame a border was stitched around the topper. A green ribbon bow,
green self adhesive pearls, corners cut using a Quickutz die and a
double layered banner cut using a La La Land die were added as
embellishments. Hearts left over from the banner were added
to the corners.

Elements from the Prints Charming collection and
die cut hearts were also used to decorate the insert.

On the reverse of the card I used the photo from
their engagement day and the punch feature of My Craft Studio to
catch the happy couple in the heart shaped frame. They are now
busy preparing for a wedding on the 1st of November in St Magnus
Cathedral where Olaf proposed.

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The second engagement card was for the daughter of
our best man who got engaged last September but we only found out
their happy news when cards were swapped at Christmas. If you look
back to this
post you'll find out a little about Claire and the fact that she
appeared on the programme The Cube and won £10,000. During the
programme Philip Schofield asked Claire what she might use any
winnings for and she mentioned a wedding and when the camera went
across to her boyfriend his expression implied that this was news to
him. Unbeknown to everyone he had already started plans to make
a surprise proposal which he put in to action on the first of
September. Right up until they reached the airport, supposedly
heading off for Florida, Claire had no idea that she was being taken
to New York to be proposed to.

For Claire and Mark's card I used the same card base
as I used for Olaf and Lana but changed the text to personalise it
for them.

These two lucky girls will have lovely memories of
their proposals. Well done the lads.

Oh those cards are fabulous! I love your layout and the personalisation! Fabulous! Thank you for joining us at Love to Create Challenge this week! Mo xxxWhy not link up at the Anything Goes challenge at Left of Center this month for a chance to lots of prizes from some amazing sponsors! http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/p/loc-1st-anniversary-challenge-starting.html

About Me

I've been making cards from the beginning of 2004 and since then have been collecting and hoarding all sorts of crafting accessories around the house. Initially I intended to scrapbook with our photos and started practising techniques on cards. Unfortunately, besides one double page layout I made at a class, my crafting hasn't grown beyond card making.
I've been influenced by many different sources but love looking at and reading blogs and so decided that I'd have a go at making my own one. I hope you enjoying reading this and perhaps find some hints and tips along the way.
Happy Crafting.
Liz x